Vance David E, Lang Lang, Maki Pauline M, Yu Danyang, Dastgheyb Raha, Wang Yuezhe, Springer Gayle, Anastos Kathryn, Gustafson Deborah R, Weber Kathleen M, Dykxhoorn Derek M, Milam Joel, Diaz Monica M, Kassaye Seble G, Waldrop Drenna, Xu Yanxun, Rubin Leah H
School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-1210, United States of America.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
BMC Neurol. 2025 Aug 2;25(1):317. doi: 10.1186/s12883-025-04249-7.
As the number of older people with HIV is expected to grow and experience age-related cognitive declines, concerns mount that such existing cognitive impairments may become exacerbated in already cognitively vulnerable subgroups such as women with HIV. These cognitive impairments can develop into everyday functional impairment in either basic or instrumental activities of daily living.
In the Women's Interagency HIV Study, we examined the association between objective cognitive test performance and the self-rated Lawton and Brody scale of Independent Activities of Daily Living (IADL) in 754 older (50+) women with HIV (WWH; 84% virally suppressed). To handle this longitudinal data, weighted logistic mixed effect models examined associations between cognitive domain performance (predictor) and functional outcomes (IADL item level scores).
In the total sample, poorer motor performance was associated with impairments in home repairs, housekeeping, and laundry and poorer executive functioning was associated with impairment in planning social activities. Among older virally suppressed-WWH, poorer motor performance was associated with deficits in home repair and poorer executive performance was associated with deficits in planning social activities.
Since motor and executive performance were related to impairments in certain IADLs, strategies such as cognitive training targeting these domains could improve everyday functioning. Such approaches could improve autonomy as WWH age.
随着感染艾滋病毒的老年人数量预计会增加,且会出现与年龄相关的认知衰退,人们越来越担心,在诸如感染艾滋病毒的女性等认知上本就脆弱的亚组人群中,现有的认知障碍可能会加剧。这些认知障碍可能会发展为日常生活基本活动或工具性活动中的日常功能障碍。
在女性机构间艾滋病毒研究中,我们调查了754名年龄较大(50岁及以上)的感染艾滋病毒的女性(艾滋病毒感染女性;84%病毒得到抑制)的客观认知测试表现与自我评定的洛顿和布罗迪日常生活独立活动量表(IADL)之间的关联。为处理这些纵向数据,加权逻辑混合效应模型检验了认知领域表现(预测因素)与功能结果(IADL项目水平得分)之间的关联。
在总样本中,运动表现较差与家庭维修、家务管理和洗衣方面的障碍有关,执行功能较差与规划社交活动方面的障碍有关。在病毒得到抑制的年龄较大的艾滋病毒感染女性中,运动表现较差与家庭维修方面的缺陷有关,执行表现较差与规划社交活动方面的缺陷有关。
由于运动和执行表现与某些IADL方面的障碍有关,针对这些领域的认知训练等策略可以改善日常功能。随着艾滋病毒感染女性年龄增长,此类方法可以提高自主性。